URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 714
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
825 AM EDT MON OCT 25 2010
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
EXTREME SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 825 AM UNTIL 100
PM EDT.
HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF DUBLIN VIRGINIA TO 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH
SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 711...WW 712...WW 713...
DISCUSSION...PERSISTENT/ORGANIZED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES
MOVING EWD ACROSS THE SRN APPALACHIANS ATTM...INTO MARGINALLY
UNSTABLE BUT STRONGLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT. WITH CONTINUED MID-LEVEL
COOLING AND LARGE-SCALE ASCENT OVERSPREADING THE AREA AHEAD OF A
STRONG VORT MAX CROSSING THE TN VALLEY REGION...EXPECT STORMS TO
CONTINUE MOVING RAPIDLY EWD -- POSING A THREAT FOR ISOLATED DAMAGING
WINDS THROUGH MIDDAY.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 26040.
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